ya absolute bag o’ mince
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Ah…memories.
Years ago, I had a first date. I took her to a nice restaurant for dinner.
Every few minutes, her cell phone rang & she chatted with friends for several minutes each time. I wouldn’t care if she had an emergency call but these were just friends calling to chat. After the fifth call lasting 15 minutes, other diners started giving her dirty looks - and me, sympathetic looks.
When I didn’t call her again, she called me & asked, “Why haven’t you called me in two weeks; I thought we got along great.”
I asked, “You really don’t know? Here’s a hint: It has something to do with your phone & manners.”
She said, “What does my phone have to do with it?”
I said, “OK, you’re not only rude, you’re also stupid.”
Well, she got the message & after some four-letter words, hung up.
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If she was so fond of her phone she should have put a ring on it!
I’d have done the same Win.
I think it’s only going to get worse as the younger generation have no concept of what it was like living without a phone.
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Or better, in their eyes, as us old stick in the muds shove ourselves into the deep freeze (oooh, wrong thread 
) and stop pecking their heads about it all. 
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Only an observation Dex. I have the benefit of living in both worlds.
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Embrace the future Foxy. You know it’s for the best 
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Three heart attacks, 9 stents, a pacemaker/defibrillator, a heart that’s only 35% efficient and dropping…and still a passion for running when nobody’s looking…What future?.. 
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So very true!
There’s a certain irony, embrace the big world wide web, isolate yourself with a pair of blue tooth enabled buds and yet be largely unaware of what is ‘really’ happening around you…sad 
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The Old have always complained about the Young,and Our Parents complained about Us when We were young,
So… just Live and let Live,it makes Life easier
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I pretty much agree with that, May. That said we have moved with the times - I’m chatting with you on this forum.
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Sod that!
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Stents, pacemakers etc were once a thing of the future. You’re still here because of them. Who knows what the future might yet bring?
My teeth enamel has begin to erode a tad too quickly for my liking. It looks like it may only be a year or so before a reversal of this process is available, which will make life a whole lot cheaper in terms of dental treatment.
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EEK!!..I don’t think He’s pleased with His new smart phone 
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I’m aiming for dentures meself so I can take em out at night. Removable body parts has to be the way to go. Teeth, Wigs …
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Continuing on the Scottish theme:
Yer arse and parsley
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Trotters?
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Perhaps Dex, but the people who put em’ in weren’t gabbing on their phones while they did it.
I have a smartphone now (spit) but it’s more like a ‘Tool’ it makes life easier and I can talk to my bank, Green Flag know where I am, I can read my past medical records, and I can take lovely photos of the world around me (not that I can see any practical use for that) I can even find small cement pillars miles from anywhere…But I suppose the actual communications with family or friends ranks about 5% of it’s use.
An example of a ‘Small cement pillar’
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Seems small for a triangulation point 
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As for mobile phones etc, I don’t condone the use that win had to put up with.
But, on a personal note, I find that my iPhone suits my decreasing attention span to good effect.
Being able to look something up, buy something, phone, message or email someone at the drop of a hat actually has meant that I tend to achieve more in a day than I might have otherwise.
It certainly helps with my tuitions, since my students are able to send me a piccies of a problem whenever they like (I’m generous with my time), which I can help them with and/or prepare more materials with in our next lesson.
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“May all your chooks turn to emus, kick your dunny door flat to the grass, hope your balls turn into bicycle wheels and back-peddle up your arse.”
I didn’t say it.It was Barry McKenzie,
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